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Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam 3.20.22
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A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada
TEXT 22
- devatāḥ prabhayā yā yā
- dīvyan pramukhato 'sṛjat
- te ahārṣur devayanto
- visṛṣṭāṁ tāṁ prabhām ahaḥ
devatāḥthe demigods — the demigods; prabhayāwith the glory of light — with the glory of light; yāḥthose who yāḥthose who — those who; dīvyanshining — shining; pramukhataḥchiefly — chiefly; asṛjatcreated — created; tethey — they; ahārṣuḥtook possession of — took possession of; devayantaḥbeing active — being active; visṛṣṭāmseparated — separated; tāmthat — that; prabhāmeffulgent form — effulgent form; ahaḥdaytime — daytime.
He then created the chief demigods, who were shining with the glory of goodness. He dropped before them the effulgent form of daytime, and the demigods sportingly took possession of it.
Demons were born from the creation of night, and the demigods were born from the creation of day. In other words, demons like the Yakṣas and Rākṣasas are born of the quality of ignorance, and demigods are born of the quality of goodness.